Suicide bomber kills seven policemen in Yemeni president’s hometown: official
ADEN (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed seven police conscripts and wounded 15 others on Sunday when he drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a police compound in the hometown of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the south-eastern Abyan provinc…
France’s premier warns of new attacks, 15,000 people on police radar
PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Sunday there would be new attacks in France but proposals by former president Nicolas Sarkozy to boost security was not the right way to deal with threats.
Erdogan says PKK trying to disrupt Turkey’s operation in Syria
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Kurdish militants had been trying to step up their attacks since a failed coup attempt in July and that they had a clear aim of disrupting Turkey’s military operations in Syria.
Cracks in building hamper search after Bangladesh factory fire
DHAKA (Reuters) – The fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 26 people has been extinguished, but heavy smoke and the risk of the building collapsing further were hampering the search of the premises, official…
Turkish air strikes kill 20 Islamic State fighters in Syria: CNN Turk
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish air strikes killed 20 Islamic State militants in northern Syria on Saturday, broadcaster CNN Turk cited the Turkish military as saying on Sunday.
China, Russia naval drill in South China Sea to begin Monday
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and Russia will hold eight days of naval drills in the South China Sea off southern China’s Guangdong province starting from Monday, China’s navy said.
‘IS-inspired’ Australian charged with terrorism after stabbing
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A Sydney man was charged on Sunday with committing a terrorist attack and attempted murder that police said seemed to have been inspired by Islamic State, after he repeatedly stabbed a stranger on the street.
U.S. envoy says North Korea could face unilateral sanctions
TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States may launch unilateral sanctions against North Korea, a U.S. special envoy for the isolated state said on Sunday, two days after it carried out its fifth and biggest nuclear test in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
Bullets trump rehab as Asia quickens ‘failing’ war on drugs
BANGKOK/YANGON (Reuters) – The Philippines has launched a bloody “war on drugs” that has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighboring Indonesia has declared a “narcotics emergency” and resumed executing drug convicts after a long …
South Korea says North’s nuclear capability ‘speeding up’, calls for action
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Saturday that North Korea’s nuclear capability is expanding fast, echoing alarm around the world over the isolated state’s fifth and biggest nuclear test, carried out in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
